America, and Jimmy and the judges simply don’t see eye-to-eye on who should have landed in the top three, but they were aligned on who should go home. It wasn’t such a surprise that Burnell landed in last place and had to sing for his life, but the person standing next to him in second-to-last was a bit of a surprise.

Here’s how the night played out:

The rock theme continued as the final seven opened the results show with Queen’s ”Somebody to Love.”

We heard Jimmy’s take on the performances and it was harsh. “Most people last night picked the wrong song,” he said. Then he reviewed each singers showing.

Burnell: “He gave rock a bad name.”

Kree: “She sings with dignity, this girl.”

Janelle: “She picked a good song for herself, not a great one.”

Lazaro: “He did a reasonable job…his voice is just not ready for this.”

Candice: “I believe she’s in top three tonight, but this was not one of her top three performances.”

Amber: “She’s on her way to having the whole package.”

Angie: “Just sing the way you sing. Don’t worry about over-expressing things.”

His top three for the week: Amber, Angie and Kree, but he loved Candace too.

Jimmy said for the second week in a row that Lazaro will go home.

Before we got results from America though, season nine’s Casey James sang “The Good Life” and gave gifts to each contestant afterwards. He said he was lonely when he did Idol and so he got them each something tiny that would remind them of home.

The producers did something new this week, polling the judges on who they thought would land in the top three. They almost reached consensus.

Keith picked: Kree, Angie and Amber.

Nikki picked: Angie, Amber and Kree.

Randy picked: Amber, Kree and Angie. Randy said he really wanted to put four in his list to keep Candice in there.

Mariah picked: Kree, Amber and Candice

Then America’s top three was revealed, and it had one very big difference from that of Jimmy and the judges. Kree, and Angie took their safe seats first. Then in a surprising result, Lazaro was called up to join them. Ryan said Kree, Angie and Lazaro were top three, but that they were called in no particular order.

Superstar Idol alum Carrie Underwood took the stage to sing “See You Again” before we learned the rest of the results. The wind machine got a little out of control for this performance, but not as bad as last night with Angie.

And then the rest of the results were announced. Candice and Amber were voted to safety too, leaving Burnell and Janelle in the bottom two. Burnell did not gather enough votes to stay another week and the judges did not use their one save to keep him alive.

So why do you think America and the judge and Jimmy aren’t in sync? Leave your comments below. Follow Stephanie Krikorian on Twitter @stephiekrik

@Anonymous wrote “I am finished with AI. The ONLY thing that explains Lazaro’s continued presence is that someone has hacked the voting and we are officially the laughing stock of the world. This is not ‘everyone gets a trophy’ T-Ball for tots. This was billed as a singing competition. That’s what I tuned in for and that’s why I’m tuning out.”

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10:17 pm April 10, 2013

AMH wrote:

LAZORO SUCKS AND HE SHOULD GO HOME. I CANNOT BELIEVE HE IS STILL ON THE SHOW. WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA??????

2:10 am April 8, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

The Voice is way better and cant wait for X Factor to begin.
American Idol has had it's day.They just cannot seem to get the Judges correct.
The Simon,Paula and Randy combination worked.The show has gone downhill
since Simon left.No one really tell the truth.I admire Mariah as am artist but please she is just not
Judge material and Nikki is plain annoying.If they want to save this show they need to change
the judges.

4:42 pm April 7, 2013

Audra wrote:

Why oh why is Lazaro still there...there is way better talent getting kicked off..unbelievable..he will be the one that I will forget..his voice is just not strong enough!!

2:37 am April 7, 2013

Beth wrote:

Jimmy is actually spot on most weeks with his comments. The producers should really consider taking Nicky off as a judge! She never gives creative criticisim! She has really brought the show down!!

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